{"id":60738,"date":"2026-10-25T20:44:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T20:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/25\/bruno-fernandes-dropped-by-man-united-in-big-call-by-manager-michael-carrick\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T20:44:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T20:44:49","slug":"bruno-fernandes-dropped-by-man-united-in-big-call-by-manager-michael-carrick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/25\/bruno-fernandes-dropped-by-man-united-in-big-call-by-manager-michael-carrick\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruno Fernandes dropped by Man United in big call by manager Michael Carrick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"picture verticle\"><picture><!--[if IE 9]><video style=\"display: none;\"><![endif]--><source media=\"(min-width: 1600px)\" sizes=\"960px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/3iw190\/article71623613.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_1200\/2026-10-21T171923Z_1647492004_UP1EMAL1C4AQK_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-CHAMPIONS-COM-MUN.JPG\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1599px)\" sizes=\"640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/3iw190\/article71623613.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_1200\/2026-10-21T171923Z_1647492004_UP1EMAL1C4AQK_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-CHAMPIONS-COM-MUN.JPG\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 767px)\" sizes=\"400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/3iw190\/article71623613.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_660\/2026-10-21T171923Z_1647492004_UP1EMAL1C4AQK_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-CHAMPIONS-COM-MUN.JPG\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" sizes=\"320px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/3iw190\/article71623613.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_320\/2026-10-21T171923Z_1647492004_UP1EMAL1C4AQK_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-CHAMPIONS-COM-MUN.JPG\"\/><!--[if IE 9]><\/video><![endif]--><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/theme\/images\/th-online\/1x1_spacer.png\" alt=\"Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes. File\" title=\"Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes. File\" data-original=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/theme\/images\/th-online\/1x1_spacer.png\" class=\"lead-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p class=\"caption\">\n                    Manchester United&#8217;s Bruno Fernandes. File<br \/>\n                                          | Photo Credit: Reuters\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content-body-71623594\">\n<div class=\"schemaDiv\" id=\"schemaDiv\">\n<p>Under-pressure Manchester United manager Michael Carrick dropped captain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sport\/football\/bruno-fernandes-2025-26-season-stats-man-utd-assists-record-analysis\/article70795289.ece\" target=\"_self\">Bruno Fernandes<\/a> on Sunday (October 25, 2026) in a statement selection with the team in a crisis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"referpara\"><strong><b>Also read | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sport\/football\/champions-league-man-utd-humiliated-by-como-arsenal-denies-bayern\/article71610181.ece\" target=\"_blank\">Champions League: Man Utd humiliated by Como, Arsenal denies Bayern<\/a><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fernandes was named as a substitute for the Premier League match at home to Bournemouth, four days after appearing to criticise his manager following a 4-1 loss to Como in the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Carrick responded at that time by saying, \u201cWhatever tactics you play, if you don\u2019t run, and you don\u2019t run forward, and you don\u2019t run back, you aren\u2019t going to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"also-read print-hide\" data-ga-label=\"AlsoReadArticle\">\n<div class=\"element\">\n<div class=\"picture\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/oag8p0\/article71475997.ece\/alternates\/SQUARE_80\/2026-09-16T212632Z_1652219106_UP1EM9G1MG1FY_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-ENGLAND-MUN-BHA.JPG\" data-original=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/oag8p0\/article71475997.ece\/alternates\/SQUARE_80\/2026-09-16T212632Z_1652219106_UP1EM9G1MG1FY_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-ENGLAND-MUN-BHA.JPG\" alt=\"\" data-device-variant=\"SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE\" class=\"media-object lazy adaptive placeholder lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He has now dropped his star player, who was voted as the player of the year in England last season, and called it a \u201cpure football\u201d decision in a pre-match interview.<\/p>\n<p>It is only the sixth time Fernandes has been named on the bench for a Premier League game since joining United in January 2020, statistics company Opta said.<\/p>\n<p>United hasn\u2019t won any of its last seven games in all competitions and has won just one of its seven matches in the Premier League this season, leaving Carrick fighting for his job and calling on his players to show \u201chumility and hard work\u201d in their performances.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"update-publish-time article-published-time-end\">\n<p class=\"publish-time-new\"> Published <span>&#8211; October 25, 2026 07:26 pm IST<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sport\/football\/bruno-fernandes-dropped-by-man-united-in-big-call-by-manager-michael-carrick\/article71623594.ece\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United&#8217;s Bruno Fernandes. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Under-pressure Manchester United manager Michael Carrick dropped captain Bruno Fernandes on Sunday (October 25, 2026) in a statement selection with the team in a crisis. Also read | Champions League: Man Utd humiliated by Como, Arsenal denies Bayern Fernandes was named as a substitute for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}